Tom Clancy - Biography - IMDb Tom Clancy Biography Showing all 29 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (15) | Personal Quotes (5) | Salary (1) Overview (3) Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. Mini Bio (1) Tom Clancy became one of the best-selling writers of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, starting with the publication of his 1984 thriller, The Hunt for Red October (1990). Born in Baltimore to a U.S. Post Office employee and his wife on April 12, 1947, Clancy graduated from Loyola Blakefield, a Catholic private high school, in 1965 and then attended Loyola College. After graduating with his bachelor's degree in English literature, Clancy went into the insurance business as poor eyesight kept him out of the military. Despite being unable to serve during the Vietnam War, military and Cold War politics remained close to his heart.

While running his own insurance agency in Maryland, he wrote "The Hunt for Red October", which was published by the Naval Institute Press in 1984. Clancy received the princely sum of $5,000 from this most unusual venue for a work of fiction, but the book struck a nerve in the depths of the latter stages of the Cold War. The hardcover from the Naval Institute sold 45,000 copies, an amazing amount for a first novel from a publishing house peddling its first book of fiction, but the paperback -- boosted by a strong recommendation from President Ronald Reagan -- sold two million copies. The book was very detailed and extremely savvy when it came to the machinations of the military and Cold War politicians. In fact, Clancy's editor at the Naval Institute Press had him eliminate details, which trimmed the novel by 100 pages. In all, he wrote 28 books, mostly fiction but also, military themed non-fiction books. Clancy placed 17 books on the New York Times Best Seller List, many of which hit #1. His oeuvre accounted for sales of 100 million copies, making him one of the all-time most popular writers in history.

Clancy became a media industry onto himself. He was successful lending his name and ideas to video games, and his video game company Red Storm Entertainment was bought out for $45 million in 2000. Clancy-branded video games racked up sales of 76 million units. Movies adapted from Clancy's works racked up $786.5 million at the box office. Tom Clancy died on October 1, 2013. he was 66 years old. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood Spouse (2) Realistic, carefully researched stories about the military and terrorism Writing horror, thrillers or suspense. Trivia (15) Minority owner of the Baltmore Orioles, with majority owner Peter Angelos . Father of four. Attended Loyola High School class of 1965 and Loyola College class of 1969. Major: English Literature. Reportedly is worth over USD $190 million. [2001] Sold his videogame company, Red Storm Entertainment, for $45 million.

A woman in Washington, DC, read his novel "The Hunt For Red October" when it was first published by the Naval Press Institute in the 1980s, and loved it so much that she gave a copy to all her friends. One of those friends was President Ronald Reagan , who stepped off Marine One with the book tucked under his arm. A reporter saw the book and asked Reagan, "What are you reading?" Reagan then held up the book so everybody could see the cover and replied, "It's a really a good yarn." After Reagan's compliment, Tom Clancy's first novel became a best seller. He was an insurance salesman before becoming a full time author of military fiction and non-fiction. (He has never had any military or government experience) Due to the limited technology of the 1980s, his novel, "The Hunt For Red October," had to be saved on ten floppy disks. Dreamed of serving in the US military ever since he was a young boy. However, he failed to continue ROTC in college because he couldn't pass the required eye exam, crushing his hopes of ever serving in the army.

(Loyola College required all students to enroll for two years of ROTC.) He majored in English at Baltimore's Loyola College. His wife Alexandra is the niece of Colin Powell . Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors." New Revision Series, Vol. 132, pp. 86-93. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. Attempted to buy the Minnesota Vikings in the late 1990's. Due to his on-going divorce, he did not have sufficient funds. The team was instead bought by Red McCombs. Of the three actors to play "Jack Ryan", Ben Affleck is his favorite. Was 39 years old when his first book was published. Personal Quotes (5) Wars are begun by frightened men. The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves. Success will ruin your life. Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

Salary (1) Tom Clancy Tom Clancy Location of death: Baltimore, MD Cause of death: Illness Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy was a popular American author of "techno-thrillers", novels of political and military intrigue and complex geopolitical themes mingled with remarkably accurate details of modern high-tech military hardware. He also wrote several highly respected non-fiction guides to military history and hardware. Clancy himself turned 18 as Vietnam War casualties were mounting, but never served in the military. College students were exempt from the military draft, and Clancy studied at Loyola College before becoming an insurance broker. His first novel, The Hunt For Red October, was published in 1984, and featured Clancy's frequent protagonist, Jack Ryan, a bright, stalwart, and heroic operative for the CIA. Ryan was also central to Clancy's Patriot Games (1987) Clear and Present Danger (1989), The Sum of All Fears (1991), Debt of Honor (1994), Executive Orders (1996), The Bear and the Dragon (2001), and Red Rabbit (2002).

Clancy also wrote several novels featuring a different but just as bright, stalwart, and heroic CIA operative, John Clark. Clancy's Clark novels include The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988), Without Remorse (1993), and Rainbow Six (1998). The latter was written and released to coincide with the video game of the same name. Ryan and Clark sometimes appeared in each other's books. Several of Clancy's novels were adapted to the big screen, and Ryan has been played by Alec Baldwin , Harrison Ford , Ben Affleck , and Chris Pine , while Clark has been played by Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber . Clancy also wrote about Jack Ryan's war hero father and about Ryan's son, Jack Ryan, Jr., a heroic figure in national security crises set a generation in the future. Clancy's military plotting and scenarios were considered so plausible that his books, fiction and non-fiction, were particularly popular in the US military and intelligence agencies. He was invited to lecture at the Pentagon several times, and Department of Defense officials regularly offered Clancy un-classified background briefings on upcoming weapons projects. Clancy's fiction took an earnestly favorable view of law enforcement and the U.S.

military, and his later novels were more political, allowing the author to voice his generally conservative beliefs. He also spoke out to the media on some issues. In the aftermath of September 11 , Clancy appeared on The O'Reilly Factor, and explained why this disaster had happened: The general difference between conservatives and liberals is that liberals like pretty pictures and conservatives like to build bridges that people can drive across. And conservatives are indeed conservative because if the bridge falls down then people die, whereas the liberals figure, we can always build a nice memorial and make people forget it ever happened and was our fault. They're very good at making people forget it was their fault. All right? The CIA was gutted by people on the political left who don't like intelligence operations... And as a result of that, as an indirect result of that, we've lost 5,000 citizens last week. Condoleezza Rice , George W. Bush 's National Security Advisor, is apparently not a Clancy fan. She said several times that "No-one could have imagined [terrorists] taking a plane, slamming it into the Pentagon ... [or] into the World Trade Center, using planes as a missile..." But Clancy did.

In Debt of Honor, a Japanese kamikaze pilot intentionally crashes an airliner into the U.S. Capitol, killing the President, most of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the entire U.S. Supreme Court. The book, published in 1994, was a huge bestseller, like all of Clancy's fiction. Clancy was married to Alexandra Llewellyn, first cousin to Colin Powell . Powell actually introduced Clancy to Llewellyn, while Clancy was still happily married to his first wife. In the 1990s, Clancy started Red Storm Entertainment, a multimedia company specializing in computer games. His name later appeared above several popular video game titles, including Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rogue Spear, and Rainbow Six. Clancy also branded several lines of books with his name -- Tom Clancy's Net Force, Tom Clancy's Op-Center, and Tom Clancy's Power Plays. The books were written and credited to other authors, with plotlines and premises under Clancy's supervision. He was part owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, and also owned a tank. Father: Tom Clancy, Sr.

(postman) Mother: (credit department, Montgomery Wards) Wife: Wanda Thomas (eye surgeon, m. 1969, div. 1995) Daughter: Michelle Clancy (b. 1973) Daughter: Christine Clancy (b. 1974) Son: Tom Clancy III (b. circa 1983) Daughter: Kathleen Clancy (b. 1985) Girlfriend: Katherine Huang (dated mid 1990s) Wife: Alexandra Llewellyn (TV reporter, m. 26-Jun-1999) High School: Loyola High School, Towson, MD (1965) Tom Clancy (Author of The Hunt for Red October) edit data Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream of writing a novel came true with his first effort, The Hunt for Red October (1984). He since wrote more than a dozen novels, which have a blend of realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense.

Ten of the novels, including The Teeth of the Tiger (Berkley, 2004), feature the character Jack Ryan, former stock broker and CIA employee. Clancy’s non-fiction works include a series of guided tours of America’s warfighting assets, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, and Airborne. He lived in Maryland. The following are the books and approximate time frame in the Jack Ryan Univers Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream of writing a novel came true with his first effort, The Hunt for Red October (1984). He since wrote more than a dozen novels, which have a blend of realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. Ten of the novels, including The Teeth of the Tiger (Berkley, 2004), feature the character Jack Ryan, former stock broker and CIA employee. Clancy’s non-fiction works include a series of guided tours of America’s warfighting assets, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, and Airborne. He lived in Maryland.

The following are the books and approximate time frame in the Jack Ryan Universe Without Remorse 1969-73 The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book $585.00 The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book $585.00 Share Add to Wish List Click the button below to add the The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book to your wish list. Product Description The Hunt for Red October First Edition Tom Clancy 1st Printing 1984 Rare Book Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland 1984 First Edition / First Printing Copyright page has 18 lines of text and no statement of printing. First issue dust jacket with no price at the front flap. Rare Book.

Rear panel has 6 reviews: Jack Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Clive Cussler, Edward L. Beach, John Moore, Stansfield Turner. Red cloth binding with silver lettering at the spine. Book Condition: Very Good+, clean boards, tight spine. Light spots at the fore-edge of the pages, shelf wear. Two lightly bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, light spots. Short tear at the jacket spine. Wrapped in a new mylar cover. Made into a Film by the Same Name Author's First Book Tom Clancy "The Hunt for Red October" First Edition, First Printing An original collector's grade hardcover book for your Tom Clancy collection. Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on.... The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history.

Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub. Naval Institute Press, 1984. Tom Clancy "The Hunt for Red October". First edition, First printing. Scarce in this excellent condition. ISBN 0-87021-285-0. A true 1st edition and 1st printing of this title along with the 1st issue of the dust jacket in original condition. Condition: Fine hardcover book. A wonderful bright clean copy with straight boards. Free of markings, writings, or stamps. No attached bookplates or indication of any removed. The binding is uniform and tight. Sharp corners. Very near fine dust-jacket. The bright dust-jacket shows very slight wrinkles in a couple of spots without any closed tears. This book is now protected in a brand new Mylar plastic covering. All photos of actual book. This book is one of only 5000 First Printings with all the correct issue points: 1) Six "blurbs" on the back of the dj. - The 3rd blurb by Clive Cussler. 2) The dj is NOT priced.

3) There is NO stated printing and no "First Edition" on the copyright page. 4) There are 18 lines of print on the copyright page. 5) The ISBN appears on the back of the dj and on the back of the binding. Book Information The Hunt for Red October is a novel by Tom Clancy. The story follows the intertwined adventures of Soviet submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius and CIA analyst Jack (John) Patrick Ryan. The novel was originally published by the U.S. Naval Institute Press�the first fictional work they ever published and still their most successful. "The Hunt for Red October is Tom Clancy's superb, exciting story, only made better by the reading of Richard Crenna...Even if you have read the book and seen the movie, this cassette with Crenna's voice will give you two hours and 41 minutes of thrills...Don't miss this listening pleasure!" -- The News Chief The Hunt for Red October was the start of a loosely connected series by Tom Clancy which shared a rough continuity and many of the characters in the novel.

Jack Ryan in particular went on to be the central character of many of Clancy's later novels, though some of Clancy's novels were explicitly unrelated (such as Red Storm Rising). The ultimate fate of the Red October is explained in the Clancy novel The Cardinal of the Kremlin, where it is revealed that the vessel was reverse engineered and stripped of all technology. The Red October was then sunk in a deep ocean trench to avoid discovery. Film Adaptation The novel was made into a commercially-successful movie in 1990, starring: Sean Connery as Marko Ramius Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan James Earl Jones as Adm. James Greer Scott Glenn as Cmdr. Bart Mancuso Sam Neill as Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin Fred Dalton Thompson as Rear Adm. Joshua Painter There were several differences between the novel and the film, including the Red October traveling up the Chesapeake Bay and near Tom Clancy's Calvert County home on the water and the prominence of the Royal Navy, including the HMS Invincible. The order of many events also has been changed. You may also like...

14 Deep Facts About 'The Hunt for Red October' | Mental Floss 14 Deep Facts About 'The Hunt for Red October' filed under: Movies Like us on Facebook The Hunt for Red October is one of the best submarine films ever made, and a favorite of dads everywhere. It was a blockbuster when it came out (the sixth-highest grossing film of 1990), and an Oscar nominee for its achievements in sound and editing. It has Sean Connery speaking Russian with a Scottish accent, for crying out loud. Yet there is more to discover about this star-studded Cold War thriller. Let's dive deep and see what else we can find. 1. Even though the novel had been a bestseller, nobody wanted to make the movie. Tom Clancy's book is a complicated story with a lot of technical jargon, which made Hollywood executives antsy. It also made the movie hard to summarize. "In Hollywood, because of time constraints, very few people in a position to say yes to a project like this read the book," admitted producer Mace Neufeld . "They generally read the reader's report.

[And] this book doesn't condense well into two or three pages." Neufeld got the project off the ground by getting a Paramount executive to read the novel —not just the book report—and see for himself how cinematic it could be. 2. Some people thought it might flop because, in the time it took to get the movie made, the Cold War had basically ended. The film is set in 1984, which is when the novel was published and when tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were high. But by the time The Hunt for Red October hit theaters, on March 2, 1990, the Communist Party was no longer totally in control of the U.S.S.R., new democratic systems had been set up, and the old ways were rapidly dissolving. "The world has changed," said an unnamed Hollywood marketing exec in an Entertainment Weekly interview . "Gorbachev was Time's Man of the Decade. Defection is no longer an issue." It turned out not to be an issue, of course; the film did well with audiences and critics alike. 3. Sean Connery was a last-minute replacement.

The film had been under production for two weeks when word came that Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa), the Austrian actor who'd been signed to play the rogue Soviet sub commander Marko Ramius, couldn't do it after all because of a prior commitment . Connery took the part instead, needing only one day for rehearsal. Coincidentally, he and Brandauer had acted together in 1983's Never Say Never Again and would reunite again for 1990's The Russia House, which was shot shortly after The Hunt for Red October. 4. Connery almost turned the movie down because of a fax error. "I had reservations about it," Connery told an Associated Press reporter upon the film's release . "I thought this kind of Cold War intrigue might be dated because of recent events. It turned out that the studio had failed to fax the first page of the script, which explained that it took place before Gorbachev." This is probably why no one ever uses fax machines anymore. 5. The film got an uncredited rewrite—including all of the Russian dialogue—from veteran filmmaker John Milius.

The writer of Apocalypse Now, Conan the Barbarian, and Red Dawn—who had directed Connery in 1975's The Wind and the Lion—told an interviewer in 2003 that the rumors of his involvement with The Hunt for Red October were true. He said he added speeches for Connery's character ("Make it about me," the actor supposedly told him), and that he "wrote all of the Russian stuff—everything that's Russian in that movie." 6. It confirmed the existence of naval technology that was still classified at the time. In the movie, the Red October can be super-stealthy by turning off its sonar (which can alert other subs to its location) and navigating silently through a method called "gravimetry." In real life, Russian subs didn't have that capability—but U.S. subs did. Oh, and it was a secret. The information was declassified a few months after the film was released; whether that was because the movie had let the cat out of the bag, or because the tech was by then not very new anymore , no one can (or will) say for sure. 7. The U.S.

Navy cooperated fully (and expensively) with Paramount, at least in part because of Top Gun. Mace Neufeld met with resistance when he first approached the Navy for help. But several admirals were fans of Clancy's novel, and they appreciated what Paramount's Top Gun had done for Navy jet fighters . In Neufeld's words , the Navy eventually decided that The Hunt for Red October would be a good way of "showing taxpayers where their money was going." Tax dollars weren't used to make the movie, though: the Navy charged millions for the use of its equipment, personnel, and so forth. 8. The Navy gave filmmakers access to real subs, but that's not where the submarine interiors were filmed. The USS Houston plays the role of the USS Dallas in most exterior shots, including the one where the sub does an emergency surfacing. But it wasn't feasible to shoot the interiors inside an actual sub (those things are cramped enough without adding a film crew), so painstakingly accurate sets were built based on the real thing. The sets were put on hydraulic gimbals that could be tilted to simulate motion, which Connery said made him seasick . 9.

Alec Baldwin wanted to return for the sequels but was edged out when Paramount learned they could get Harrison Ford. It's complicated, and there are at least two sides to every story , but here's the gist: While negotiations with Baldwin were still ongoing, Paramount allegedly offered the part to Ford, who was a bigger box office draw and to whom the studio owed money anyway because of a previous project that had fallen through. Baldwin had been dithering over the specifics of his deal, and now a Paramount executive used that indecision to force his hand: either commit right now to an open-ended contract for Patriot Games and whatever came next, or the offer would be withdrawn. Not wanting to give up a chance to appear in A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, Baldwin left Jack Ryan behind. 10. Creating the right "ping" sound took forever. Sound designer Frank Sarafine told American Cinematographer that he and his team "must have created 500 different pings" before director John McTiernan found one he liked. The radar ping was manufactured electronically, using sine waves and reverb, but other sound effects were recorded from real sources.

For example, the squeals and groans of submarines under stress were taken from the sounds of Disneyland's Space Mountain roller coaster cars as they go around turns. 11. That Christopher Columbus quote at the end is totally bogus. In the film's final moments, as Ramius looks forward to his new life in America as a defector, he says : "And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." He attributes this line to Columbus, who knew a thing or two about sea voyages and new homes. But McTiernan said in the DVD director's commentary that the quotation was the work of screenwriter Larry Ferguson, not good ol' Chris. 12. It was inspired by combining a couple of true stories. In 1975, a Soviet Navy officer named Valery Sablin led a mutiny on the frigate (not submarine) Storozhevoy—not because he wanted to move to America and embrace democracy, but because he believed the current Soviet administration wasn't socialist enough. The Kremlin sent 13 ships and three aircraft in pursuit of Sablin, who was arrested and executed for treason.

Before that, in 1961, a Soviet Navy officer named Jonas Pleškys did indeed take his ship (a submarine tender, not a submarine) to Sweden instead of its intended destination, and then (with some CIA help) successfully defected to the United States, where he lived out the rest of his days 13. The producer wanted Kevin Costner for the lead, but Costner had other ideas. As Mace Neufeld explained in a behind-the-scenes DVD feature , "I'd gotten quite friendly with Kevin Costner, and I went to Kevin about playing Jack Ryan. But Kevin was up to his neck, and very enthusiastic, about doing this ... this buffalo movie. And I said, 'You'd rather do a buffalo movie?'" The buffalo movie—which also involved dancing with some wolves—earned Costner Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, so it's safe to assume he feels he made the right choice. 14. At least three of the cast members had actual military experience. Sean Connery was in the Royal Navy; Scott Glenn was a U.S. Marine; and James Earl Jones was in the ROTC and did U.S. Ranger training during the Korean War.

As research for The Hunt for Red October, Glenn was invited to spend a couple days on an actual nuclear submarine, where the captain instructed the crew to take orders from Glenn. (Don't worry, he only gave orders fed to him by the real captain.) Tom Clancy, Best-Selling Master of Military Thrillers, Dies at 66 - The New York Times The New York Times Books |Tom Clancy, Best-Selling Master of Military Thrillers, Dies at 66 Search Video Tom Clancy, Spinner of Suspense Mr. Clancy’s military thrillers were blockbuster hits on the best-seller list, at the box office and even in the gaming world. He died at 66 in Baltimore. By Erica Berenstein on Publish Date October 2, 2013. Photo by David Burnett/G.P. Putnam Sons, via Associated Press. Watch in Times Video » embed Tom Clancy , whose complex, adrenaline-fueled military novels spawned a new genre of thrillers and made him one of the world’s best-known and best-selling authors, died on Tuesday in Baltimore. He was 66. Mr.

Clancy, who grew up in Baltimore, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a brief illness, his lawyer, J. W. Thompson Webb, said on Wednesday. Neither Mr. Webb nor Mr. Clancy’s longtime publisher, Ivan Held, president of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, said he knew the precise cause of death. Mr. Clancy’s debut book, “The Hunt for Red October,” was frequently cited as one of the greatest genre novels ever written. With the book’s publication in 1984, Mr. Clancy introduced a new kind of potboiler: an espionage thriller dense with technical details about weaponry, submarines and intelligence agencies. It found an eager readership. More than 100 million copies of his novels are in print, and a remarkable 17 have reached No. 1 on the New York Times’s best-seller list, including “Threat Vector,” released last December. Prolific until his death, Mr. Clancy had been awaiting publication of his next book, “Command Authority,” set for Dec. 3. Continue reading the main story The impact of his books has been felt far beyond the publishing world.

Some were adapted by Hollywood and became blockbusters starring Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck as Mr. Clancy’s hero protagonist, Jack Ryan. Mr. Clancy arranged for his thrillers to be turned into video games that were so realistic, the military licensed them for training. And on television, fast-paced espionage using high-tech tools in the Clancy mold found a place in popular shows like “24” and “Homeland.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story The enterprises made Mr. Clancy a millionaire many times over and a familiar figure on the pop-culture landscape, frequently seen in photographs wearing a baseball cap and aviator sunglasses and holding a cigarette. With his riches he acquired an 80-acre farm on the Chesapeake Bay. He became a part owner of the Baltimore Orioles. He even bought a tank. It was all a far cry from his days as a Maryland insurance salesman writing on the side in pursuit of literary aspirations and submitting his manuscript for “The Hunt for Red October” to the Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, Md. An editor there, Deborah Grosvenor, became mesmerized by the book, a cold war tale set on a Soviet submarine. Photo Mr.

Clancy, in hat, toured the Yorktown, a Navy cruiser, for research in 1988. Credit Joe McNally/Getty Images But she had a hard time persuading her boss to read it; Mr. Clancy was an unknown, and the publisher had no experience with fiction. She was also concerned that the novel had too many technical descriptions, and asked Mr. Clancy to make cuts. He complied, trimming at least 100 pages while making revisions. “I said, ‘I think we have a potential best seller here, and if we don’t grab this thing, somebody else would,’ ” Ms. Grosvenor, now a literary agent, said in an interview on Wednesday. “But he had this innate storytelling ability, and his characters had this very witty dialogue. The gift of the Irish, or whatever it was — the man could tell a story.” The press paid $5,000 for the book, publishing it in 1984. “The Hunt for Red October” became a runaway best seller when President Ronald Reagan, who had been handed a copy, called it “my kind of yarn” and said that he couldn’t put it down.

But its details about Soviet submarines, weaponry, satellites and fighter planes raised suspicions. Even high-ranking members of the military took notice of the book’s apparent inside knowledge. In a 1986 interview, Mr. Clancy said, “When I met Navy Secretary John Lehman last year, the first thing he asked me about the book was, ‘Who the hell cleared it?’ ” No one did, Mr. Clancy insisted; all of his knowledge came from technical manuals, interviews with submarine experts and books on military matters, he said. While he spent time on military bases, visited the Pentagon and dined with military leaders, he said, he did not want to know any classified information. “I hang my hat on getting as many things right as I can,” Mr. Clancy once said in an interview. “I’ve made up stuff that’s turned out to be real — that’s the spooky part.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was born into a middle-class Baltimore family on April 12, 1947. As a boy he skipped over children’s literature to read naval history, poring over journals and books intended for career military officers and engineering experts.

He attended Loyola College in Baltimore, where he majored in English, and graduated in 1969. While he harbored ambitions to serve in the military — he joined the Army R.O.T.C. — he was told he was too nearsighted. He began working instead at a small insurance agency founded by his wife’s grandfather in rural Maryland, a line of work he was happy to abandon after he found success as an author. Photo The character Sam Fisher in the video game “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.” Credit UBisoft He followed “The Hunt for Red October” with “Red Storm Rising” in 1986, “Patriot Games” in 1987, “The Cardinal of the Kremlin” in 1988 and “Clear and Present Danger” in 1989. The critical reception was warm from the start. Reviewing “Red Storm Rising” in The Times in 1986, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote that the book “far surpassed” Mr. Clancy’s debut novel. “Red Storm Rising” is a “superpower thriller,” Mr.

Lehmann-Haupt wrote, “the verbal equivalent of a high-tech video game.” Some critics questioned the unwavering virtuousness of many of Mr. Clancy’s heroes, particularly Jack Ryan. “All the Americans are paragons of courage, endurance and devotion to service and country,” Robert Lekachman wrote in The Times in 1986. “Their officers are uniformly competent and occasionally inspired. Men of all ranks are faithful husbands and devoted fathers.” Mr. Clancy is survived by his second wife, Alexandra Llewellyn Clancy, and their daughter, Alexis Jacqueline Page Clancy. He had four children from his first marriage: Michelle E. Bandy, Christine C. Blocksidge, Thomas L. Clancy III and Kathleen W. Clancy. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Besides the planned publication of his next book, “Command Authority,” a movie prequel about Jack Ryan’s pre-C.I.A. days, “Jack Ryan,” will be released on Christmas and stars Chris Pine as Ryan. Mr. Clancy said none of his success came easily, and he would remind aspiring writers of that when he spoke to them. “I tell them you learn to write the same way you learn to play golf,” he once said.

“You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired — it’s hard work.” A version of this article appears in print on October 3, 2013, on Page A28 of the New York edition with the headline: Tom Clancy, Best-Selling Master of Military Thrillers, Dies at 66. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe Order of Tom Clancy Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Tom Clancy Books Tom Clancy is an American author who is best known for his Jack Ryan novels such as The Hunt for Red October, Rainbow Six, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears. Clancy’s novels have been adapted into several movies and also video games. The majority of Clancy’s novels are in the Jack Ryan/John Clark series (with the exception of three standalone novels). The other series (branded “Tom Clancy’s”) are series created or co-created by him and actually written by other authors such as Grant Blackwood.

Tom Clancy has been writing since his first book The Hunt for Red October was published in 1984. Below is a list of the novels he has written (including his series that have his name attached to them) in order of when they were originally released. In the case of the Jack Ryan/John Clark series, we have included the chronological order that differs from the order of publication.

Publication Order of Jack Ryan/John Clark Books The Hunt for Red October (1984) The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988) The Sum of All Fears (1991) The Bear and the Dragon (2000) The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) Chronological Order of Jack Ryan/John Clark Books Without Remorse The Hunt for Red October (1984) The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988) The Sum of All Fears (1991) The Bear and the Dragon (2000) The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) Publication Order of Op-Center Books Op-Center Publication Order of Power Plays Books Politika Publication Order of Net Force Books Net Force Publication Order of Net Force Explorers Books Virtual Vandals One is the Loneliest Number (1999) Publication Order of Splinter Cell Books Splinter Cell Publication Order of Ghost Recon Books Ghost Recon Publication Order of EndWar Books EndWar Publication Order of H.A.W.X. Books H.A.W.X.

Publication Order of Campus Books Support and Defend Publication Order of Standalone Novels Red Storm Rising SSN: Strategies for Submarine Warfare (1996) Publication Order of Military Reference Non-Fiction Books Submarine Publication Order of Commanders Non-Fiction Books Into the Storm Ian Fleming Notes: Red Storm Rising was co-authored by Larry Bond . Against All Enemies was co-authored by Peter Telep. Dead or Alive and Under Fire were co-authored by Grant Blackwood. Locked On, Commander-in-Chief and every novel in the Jack Ryan, Jr. series since has been co-authored by Mark Greaney . The Campus series is written by Mark Greaney. Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series was created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Jeff Rovin until 2014 when Dick Couch and George Galdorisi took over. Tom Clancy’s Net Force series was created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Steve Perry. The Splinter Cell series was co-authored by David Michaels . Virtual Vandals, One is the Loneliest Number, End Game (Net Force Explorers), Safe House, Deathworld and Runaways were co-authored by Diane Duane.

The Deadliest Game, The Great Race, Cyberspy, Private Lives, Duel Identity and Cold Case were co-authored by Bill McCay. One is the Loneliest Number and The Ultimate Escape were co-authored by Steve Pieczenik. Shadow of Honor, Gameprey and High Wire were co-authored by Mel Odom. Into the Storm was co-authored by General Fred Franks. Every Man a Tiger was co-authored by General Charles Honer. Shadow Warriors was co-authored by General Carl Stiner. Battle Ready was co-authored by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz. Politika, Ruthless.com, Shadow Watch, Biostrike and Zero Hour were co-authored by Martin H. Greenberg. Cold War, Cutting Edge, Zero Hour and Wild Card were co-authored by Jerome Preisler. Tom Clancy Synopsis: In The Hunt for Red October, a new Soviet ship is making an attempt to defect to the American side. The Soviets’ aim is to seek and destroy this valuable ship due to this act of treason while the Americans want to get the Red October ported. In 1990, The Hunt for Red October was adapted into a film starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin.

Question: Whose first novel 'The Hunt for Red October' was published in 1984?
Answer: Tom Clancy